Letter from ''Sis'' to ''Bird,'' possibly two of the Boswell sisters. Sis writes in great detail about life at a school in Lauderdale Springs, Mississippi, describing dormitories, meal times, and other aspects.

Oral history; interview with Dr. Hunter Andrews, conducted May 14, 2012, Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Dr. Andrews was born in 1932 in Starkville, Mississippi. He is a retired Mississippi State Agronomist and Seed...

Letter from an unidentified illustrator of Indians who is publishing a book, from Natchez, Mississippi, to his wife in Vermont, 1853. The writer criticizes the institution of slavery and believes that a civil war is the only hope of ending it. He...

Charles V. Carter family farm; multiple views. Farm of 93 acres located in the Mesa Community about seven miles west of Tylertown. Walthall Co. agent Ansel Estess and Assistant county agent Earl Duckworth assisted with selection of farm family.

Oral history; interview with Dr. Art Cosby, conducted April 13, 2012, at Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Dr. Cosby was born in 1943 in Nashville, Tennessee, and first came to the MSU campus as a student in 1966. He...